What a weekend!!

I left you midway through our weekend on Saturday afternoon........let's just say the rest of the weekend did not disappoint. Kim's afternoon/evening class was with Lani Gerity who we met at Artfest last spring. Lani is coming to Columbus in September as a keynote speaker at The Buckeye Art Therapy Association Annual Symposium but we were lucky enough to sneak in a quick visit in Michigan. While Kim was in class, I ventured into Ann Arbor and found the Arbor Brewing Company. With nothing else pressing on the agenda, I nestled up to the bar ordered a Brassierie Blond. It can't compete with my favorite Spotted Cow but it was palatable.
Later in the evening, we took a brief drive around the University of Michigan campus with Shari Beaubini :) -- it was fun, lots of random pictures like this one of Kim in the car.......





Back at the hotel we said our goodbyes to Ms Beaubini as we had 10pm dinner plans with Lani. Our time with Shari was really incredible. I am still amazed how it feels like we have been friends for a lifetime even though our paths crossed only a mere two weeks ago....parting shots:

Dinner with Lani was so interesting as our time with Lani always is....we ate at Zingerman's a crazy little place down the road from our hotel. They have specialties from all over the US...fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, enchiladas and it goes on and on. Our conversation strayed from Artfest memories, to today's events and more importantly to our next meeting in September. Ellen will be coming up from Little Rock and we will have a little artfest reunion at Good Manor.

The next morning at Lani's recommendation, we had our morning caffeine fix at Zingerman's coffee shop conveniently located in their parking lot......After coffee, we were off one more quick swing through Ann Arbor and then home again just to unpack and pack again for Chicago............I can't wait to see everyone and Chi-town and belly up to another Chicago hot dog!!!!